Senior Internal Auditor

Mercury

Senior Internal Auditor at Mercury driving internal audits and ensuring compliance for a fintech startup. Collaborate with teams to enhance risk management and operational efficiencies.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • California, New York, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $119,200 - $165,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assist in identifying, analyzing, and assessing risk throughout Mercury and contribute to the development of the annual audit plan
Scope and plan multiple audits across Mercury products and operations
Conduct process walkthroughs and execute audit testing to confirm the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls
Assess compliance with Mercury’s compliance obligations
Socialize, document, and report audit issues identified
Collaborate with teams to develop appropriate action plans, track audit issue remediation, and conduct issue follow up testing
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have experience scoping and planning new, complex audits
Have experience leading audit teams and coaching team members
Be comfortable conducting walkthroughs, creating audit test plans, and executing internal controls testing
Have experience working with financial services companies, and have a working knowledge of laws, regulations and risk management standards for financial services
Have experience in auditing BSA/AML/Sanctions compliance, payments (wires / ACH), and/or Card products
Have the ability to quickly grasp and understand complex business processes
Be able to build relationships/partnerships and work cross-functionally to drive time-sensitive deliverables, issues tracking, and reporting
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Be able to manage their own schedule to ensure deadlines are met
Be a self-starter, someone who likes to innovate and think about how we can do things differently to be more efficient and effective

Benefits

Comp & perks

Salary and equity ranges are competitive
Base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits.

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Hard Skills & Tools

audit planningaudit testinginternal controls testingBSA/AML complianceSanctions compliancepayments auditingACH auditingCard products auditingrisk managementfinancial services regulations

Soft Skills

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